That’s why MainStreet hosted HeritageFest last year, intended to create a community-wide event to remind long-term residents where the city came from, and to begin passing down the history to newcomers.

“The founding people worked really hard to develop this land,” she said. “People can tell us history, but there are a lot of new people who don’t know who we are. It’d be great for them to understand where we came from.

Starting at 8 a.m., participants can register for the Heritage Stampede, an Amazing Race-style competition that sees contestants moving from location to location throughout the city to answer Carlsbad trivia and solve puzzles.